A U.S. House committee on Wednesday defied President George W. Bush by passing a resolution calling the 1915 massacre of Armenians genocide, a step the White House warns could damage U.S. goals in the Middle East.That disgraceful man can keep going with his obscenities that show nothing more than hatred for innocent people. The Turkish president, the first one from a Muslim background in many years, has only shown the true colors of people of his standing in Turkey, and why, contrary to the stupidity they blurt out about sanctions, they're the ones who're really asking for sanctions imposed by other countries, and not the other way around. I think a boycott of Turkey is in order here.
The measure, passed by the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a 27-21 margin, will be sent to the House floor, where Democratic leaders say there will be a vote within weeks.
Turkey, a key NATO ally that has supported U.S. efforts in Iraq, has strongly opposed the measure and warned it could damage relations between the two countries.
At issue is the killing of as many as 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of First World War. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, says the toll has been inflated and insists that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. It has threatened sanctions against countries that use the term genocide.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul called the measure's passage "unacceptable," said Reuters.
"Unfortunately some politicians in the United States of America have closed their ears to calls to be reasonable and once again sought to sacrifice big problems for small domestic political games," state news agency Anatolian quoted Gul as saying.
Update: and while we're on the subject of Dubya, check out the following comment someone at Dhimmi Watch found that Dubya made in 2000 (via Pedestrian Infidel).
Update 2: So Turkey's recalled its US ambassador (also via Dhimmi Watch). That's fine. Nobody needs villains who won't admit their wrongs. Hugh Fitzgerald writes them a note.
4 comments:
GWB is a dhimmi.
It pains me to say the above. I voted twice for the man.
All Jihad is a genocide upon Infidels. That is the calling of Muslims.
Dubya is a fucking disgrace.
Thanks for posting this, Avi.
Dubya needs to sleep in landfill. That is the place for him and all those who will do nothing about evil.
By the way, what the fuck are we doing about Sudan and about Iran?
Nothing.
If Bill Gates filed an annual report four years in a row which read, "All options are on the table" and nothing else, no one would buy Microsoft stock.
Fuck George Bush, and the fake horse he rode in on.
Once upon a time, I would have loved to have seen the day that someone finally came down on the Turks over the murders. Now is not that time. For once I agree with Bush, and boy is that rare!
What will this bring the world but more grief? After this long, what will this really bring, other than more hatred, more ethnic enmity, possible/probable murders, and more strained international relations? Turks weren't allowed to learn about any of this at all, so now a population of an entire nation must have a crime that they didn't commit shackled to them?
This will not bring back mine or anyone else's dead relatives, and if any reparations are given it will be to Armenia, none for the Pontic and Ionian Greeks nor the Assyrians. This will place tensions between all of these groups again, when relations are finally becoming friendlier for all of these parties, save for a very vocal group of Armenians who will gain nothing in the end. This will also make many Western nations (including the U.S.) look VERY bad for the roles they played in the wartime chaos that was Asia Minor during and around WWI.
But hey, thanks for the tip, at least I've gotten to jet-set around the web commenting on this mess. It must look even better in the eyes of the Turks that the most vocal enemies they have are one of the Christian groups from Mikrasia. Can others not also forgive?
I have to agree with Lex on this one.
I am fervently opposed to the spread of islamization of the west, but when push comes to shove, Turkey is one of the key logistacl hubs for our GWOT effort in the ME. Timing I think is really the issue here people. We can't support a total miltary occupation and shutdown of the entire middle east. We just don't have the manpower, or the supplies to do that.
The decision to put this issue ahead of more important issues of concern for OUR country is a political move on the part of the Democrats...I would think that is obvious. We have American citizen soldiers in harm's way people...have any of you forgotten that? It's bad enough to cut funding, but to deliberately alienate an ally,even if a fair weather one, at this point is ridiculous...might as well just line up our troops and shoot them...the effect is the same.
You may not agree with the war...I suspect many of you agree we need to do SOMETHING. And although I lost any faith I had in GW a long time ago, I agree with this decision. My brothers and sisters are over there trying to do the best they can with little support. WHy make it worse for them just to declare something official US opinion on an event that happened almost a century ago. Congress wasting time voting on a historical event in light of our current situation is just plain bad management.
Just my 2 cents.
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